Example sentences of "worked the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a cabinet on the pavement beside the traction pole , in front of Holy Trinity Church , with a cable emerging from a hole in the top , which passed over a pulley near the top of the post and worked the overhead point , in conjunction with the rail point . |
| 2 | Half-naked children with slit eyes and matchstick limbs worked the emerging crowd with grim efficiency . |
| 3 | She worked the whole trip out , to the last farthing . |
| 4 | ‘ This was exactly what Martinez had planned , and the rumour was that he worked the whole scheme out with Derek Jefferson . |
| 5 | They are the dishes invented or popularized by the bargemen of the Rhone and their wives , and by the proprietors of the humble inns and charcuteries who used to cater for the men who worked the inland waterways . |
| 6 | Kalchu 's two brothers , and their wives and children , worked the surrounding plots . |
| 7 | Carol Clark worked the red light district of Bristol and she was last seen in the city on Friday evening . |
| 8 | Carol Clark , a prostitute who worked the red light district of Bristol , was found dumped in the Gloucester to Sharpness canal at Sharpness docks . |